DECISION

PROMULGATION OF PROCEDURE FOR DEBT MANAGEMENT

DIRECTOR OF THE GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION

Pursuant to the Law on Tax Administration dated June 13, 2019;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP dated October 19, 2020 on elaboration of the law on tax administration;

Pursuant to Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC dated September 29, 2021 of the Ministry of Finance elaborating some Articles of the Law on Tax Administration and the Government’s Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP dated October 19, 2020 elaborating the Law on Tax Administration.

Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 41/2018/QD-TTg dated September 25, 2018 on functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of General Department of Taxation, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam;

Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. No. 15/2021/QD-TTg dated March 30, 2021 on amendments to Clause 1 Article 3 of the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 41/2018/QD-TTg dated September 25, 2018 on functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of General Department of Taxation, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam;

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Pursuant to Decision No. 1836/QD-BTC dated October 08, 2021 of the Minister of Finance on tasks, powers and organizational structure of Provincial Departments of Taxation affiliated to General Department of Taxation;

Pursuant to the Decision No. 211/QD-TCT dated March 12, 2019 of the Director of the General Department of Taxation on functions and tasks of departments and offices of Provincial Departments of Taxation;

Pursuant to Decision No. 110/QD-BTC dated January 14, 2019 of the Minister of Finance on functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of sub-departments of taxation of districts, district-level towns, district-level cities and regions affiliated to Provincial Departments of Taxation;

Pursuant to Decision No. 812/QD-BTC dated April 14, 2021 of the Minister of Finance on amendments to Decision No. 110/QD-BTC dated January 14, 2019 of the Minister of Finance on functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of sub-departments of taxation of districts, district-level towns, district-level cities and regions affiliated to Provincial Departments of Taxation;

Pursuant to the Decision No. 245/QD-TCT dated March 25, 2019 of the Director of the General Department of Taxation on functions and tasks of teams of sub-departments of taxation;

At the request of the Director of the Department of Debt Management and Tax Debt Collection Enforcement.

DECIDES:

Article 1. This Decision is promulgated together with the Procedure for Debt Management.

Article 2. This Decision comes into force from the day on which it is signed and replaces Decision No. 1401/QD-TCT dated July 28, 2015 of the Director of the General Department of Taxation on promulgation of the Procedure for Tax Debt Management.

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DIRECTOR




Cao Anh Tuan

PROCEDURE FOR DEBT MANAGEMENT

(Promulgated together with Decision No. 1129/QD-TCT dated July 20, 2022 of the Director of the General Department of Taxation)

Part I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

I. Purposes

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II. Regulated entities

1. All-level tax authorities: General Department of Taxation, Provincial Departments of Taxation, Sub-departments of Taxation

2. Department of Debt Management and Tax Debt Collection Enforcement under the General Department of Taxation.

3. Tax Debt Management and Enforcement Divisions under Provincial Departments of Taxation/ Sub-Departments of Taxation; Tax Administration Divisions under Large Enterprise Tax Administration; Teams for Debt Management and Tax Debt Collection Enforcement or other similar Teams under Sub-departments of Taxation (hereinafter referred to as "debt management units").

4. Units participating in the procedure include units performing the functions and duties of tax inspection and examination; management of revenues from land, legal affairs, public registration of assets; tax administration of communes, wards/commune and ward coalition; management of business households, natural persons and other revenues.

5. Units that are relevant to debt management such as: tax accounting and declaration, prints, information technology, communication – support.

6. Officials of debt management units; officials of units participating in the procedure; officials of units relevant to debt management.

III. DEFINITIONS

1. Bad debts are tax arrears of taxpayers that are natural persons who are dead or declared dead, missing, incapacitated by the Court; taxpayers involved in criminal liability; taxpayers that are not operating at registered business addresses or contact addresses; taxpayers undergoing dissolution; taxpayers undergoing bankruptcy; taxpayers against which tax authorities have taken invoice suspension or invalidation enforcement measures at least 03 consecutive times; taxpayers whose Certificates of Business Registration have been revoked by competent authorities.

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3. Tax amounts pending adjustment is tax and other amounts put under the control of state budget as defined in law that taxpayers have paid in the following situations: any error in such payment occurs; there is a delay in circulation or loss of evidencing documents or proofs of payment, or pending recording of revenues – expenditures.

4. Settled debts are tax debts owed by taxpayers that obtain debt charge-off Decisions or Notices of approval of exclusion from being charged late payment interest from tax authorities.

5. Recoverable debts are tax debts other than those prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4 Section III Part I of this Procedure.

6. Tax debtors are taxpayers whose tax debts are defined in Clauses 1, 2, 4, 5 Section III Part I of this Procedure.

7. Incurrence date of a tax debt is the date succeeding the deadline for tax payment as prescribed by law.

8. Settlement date of a tax debt is the day on which the taxpayer pays the debt to state budget or the effective date of the decision on debt cancellation, exemption or another method for settlement of the tax debt.

9. Debt means tax debt with specific deadline for payment and category which has not been paid to state budget after the deadline.

10. Duration of a tax debt is the number of consecutive days from the incurrence date and settlement date, including weekends and public holidays as prescribed by law.

11. Debt cutoff means review and comparison of tax debts by the last day of the month after debt setoff and adjustment.

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13. Initiation date: By the 5^th every month, the system will create debt pursuit tasks such as: calling, sending messages, emails; sending Notice 01/TTN; creating a list of taxpayers subject to tax debt collection enforcement actions or measures, etc.

14. Debt pursuit measures include: calling, sending messages, emails, sending tax debt notices to taxpayers, summon taxpayers to tax authorities.

15. Certificates of Business Registration include: Certificates of business registration, certificates of enterprise registration, certificates of cooperative registrations, household business registration certificates, establishment and operation licenses, practice certificates, certificates of branch/representative office registration.

16. Acronyms:

- NSNN: Ngân sách nhà nước ("state budget")

- NHTM: Ngân hàng thương mại ("commercial bank")

- KBNN: Kho bạc nhà nước ("State Treasury")

- NNT: Người nộp thuế ("taxpayer")

- CQT: Cơ quan thuế ("tax authority")

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- KK: Kê khai ("declare").

- UBND: Ủy ban nhân dân ("the People’s Committee").

- CCNT: Cưỡng chế nợ thuế ("tax debt collection enforcement")

- DNL: Doanh nghiệp lớn ("large enterprise").

IV. Criteria for categorization of tax debts

1. Bad debts shall be comprised of the following:

a) Tax debts of taxpayers who are natural persons who are dead or declared dead, missing or incapacitated by the Court.

Categorization documents include:

- For taxpayers who are dead or declared dead by the Court: The death certificate or death notification, or another document that is alternative for death notification in accordance with regulations of law on civil registration, or the court's declaration that the taxpayer is dead.

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- For taxpayers who are incapacitated: The Court's declaration that the taxpayer is incapacitated.

(The foregoing can be originals or copies)

b) Debts of taxpayers involved in criminal liability: Tax debts that are involved in cases or dossiers undergoing investigation or charge, pending a judgment or verdict of legal authorities.

Categorization document is one of the following documents:

- The decision on commencement of criminal case or Decision on criminal charge (The foregoing can be originals or copies)

- Documents proving that the case has been charges and is related to the taxpayer's tax debt.

c) Tax debts of taxpayers that are not operating at the registered addresses: The tax authority has inspected and determined that the taxpayer no longer has business operation at the business address or personal address, or has issued a notice that the taxpayer no longer has business operation at the registered business address or personal address.

Categorization document is one of the following documents:

- A confirmatory document between the tax authority and the People’s Committee of the commune or police authority of the area where the taxpayer's headquarter or personal address is located that the taxpayer no longer has business operation at the registered business address or personal address (Form No. 15/BB-BKD enclosed with Circular No. 105/2020/TT-BTC or Form No. 15/BB-BKD enclosed with Circular No. 95/2016/TT-BTC)

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(The foregoing can be originals or copies)

d) Tax debts of taxpayers undergoing dissolution: The tax authority has issued a notice that the taxpayer that is an enterprise or organization is undergoing dissolution on the National Information System for Enterprise, Cooperative, Business Registration (hereinafter referred to as "National Information System for Business Registration) but the dissolution procedures are not completed.

Categorization documents include:

- The dissolution decision or notice of the taxpayer, or the tax authority's notice that the taxpayer is following procedures for TIN invalidation upon dissolution;

(The foregoing can be originals or copies)

- Information about the name, enterprise ID number, time of publishing information on the National Information System for Business Registration by the business registration authority.

dd) Tax debts of taxpayers undergoing bankruptcy: The Court has issued a notice of or decision on initiation of bankruptcy process, or the decision to declare that the enterprise or cooperative is bankrupt but debt settlement procedures have not been completed as prescribed by law.

Categorization document is one of the following documents:

- The Court's notice that the bankruptcy petition has been accepted.

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- The decision to declare the enterprise or cooperative bankrupt.

(The foregoing can be originals or copies)

e) Tax debts of taxpayers subject to the measure for enforced suspension or invalidation of invoices at least 03 consecutive times refer to tax debts of taxpayers subject to tax authorities’ enforcement action by notifying invalidation of invoices or suspension of invoices at least 03 consecutive times, including 01 decision on suspension of invoice use which is still effective during categorization of tax debt and the taxpayer does not use separately issued invoices for the last 01 year before the debt categorization date.

Categorization documents include: 03 consecutive decisions on enforced suspension or invalidation of invoices, including 01 decision on suspension of invoices which is still effective during the period of tax debt categorization.

(The foregoing can be originals or copies)

g) Tax debts of taxpayers whose Certificates of Business Registration have been revoked by competent authorities, including:

- Taxpayers that have owed tax debts for under 10 years;

- Taxpayers that have owed tax debts for at least 10 years.

Categorization documents: Decision on revocation of the Certificate of Business Registration (original or copy)

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a) Debts of taxpayers that submit the request or application form for tax exemption, reduction or re-determination of tax payment obligations, enclosing required papers or documentary evidence, that has been received and is being handled or processed for tax exemption or reduction Decisions, or Notices of re-determination of tax payment obligations, to be issued by tax or other competent authorities.

b) Categorization documents, including: The request or application form for tax exemption or reduction, enclosing required papers or documentary evidence; or request or application package for re-determination of tax payment obligations, that has been received by competent authorities.

b) Debts of taxpayers that submit the request or application form for tax deferral, enclosing required papers or documentary evidence, that has been received and is under consideration for tax deferral decisions to be issued.

Categorization documents, including: Request or application form for tax deferral, enclosing required papers or documentary evidence, to be submitted by taxpayers.

c) Debts of which either taxpayers or tax authorities sign the request or application form, enclosing required papers or documentary evidence, that is being handled or processed for Decisions on cancellation to be issued.

Categorization documents, including: Request or application form for debt cancellation, enclosing required papers or documentary evidence, to be submitted by either taxpayers or tax authorities.

d) Debts of taxpayers that submit the request or application form for tax payment in instalments, enclosing required papers or documentary evidence, that has been received and is under consideration for decisions on tax payment in instalments to be issued.

Categorization documents, including: Request or application form for tax payment in instalments, enclosing required papers or documentary evidence, to be submitted by taxpayers.

dd) Debts of taxpayers that submit the request or application form for exclusion from being charged late payment interest, enclosing required papers or documentary evidence, that has been received and is under consideration for Notices of approval of exclusion from being charged late payment interest to be issued by tax authorities.

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e) Late payment interest debts of taxpayers that submit the request or application form for exemption from late payment interest, enclosing required papers or documentary evidence, that is under consideration for Decisions on exemption from late payment interest to be issued by tax authorities.

Categorization documents, including: Request or application form for exemption from late payment interest, enclosing required papers or documentary evidence, to be submitted by taxpayers.

g) Debts of taxpayers whose tax refunds and setoffs of state budget revenue are in process.

Categorization documents, including: The request or application form for repayment of state budget revenue or tax refund under Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements and other International Treaties or Conclusions or Decisions on settlement and other inspection documents for the purpose of determining the incompletely deducted input VAT amount fully qualifying for tax refund (if taxpayers are not required to submit the request or application form for repayment of state budget revenue), including the request for setoff against state budget payables and other related documents (if any).

(The foregoing can be originals or copies)

h) Debts of taxpayers that have filed complaints or lawsuits regarding tax amounts and other state budget revenue payables that are being handled and processed by tax or other competent state authorities.

Categorization document is one of the following documents:

- Statement of complaint about tax amount and other state budget revenue payable to be lodged by taxpayers, and notice on acceptance of handling of complaint.

- Court notice on acceptance of the case.

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3. Tax amounts pending adjustment shall be comprised of the following:

a) Tax amounts pending adjustment due to error(s) refer to those taxes falling in the situations in which taxpayers provide incorrect or missing entries in proofs of state budget collection; state treasuries and commercial banks commit errors; tax authorities make errors (in data about amounts that have paid or are to be paid to the state budget).

Categorization document is one of the following documents:

- Form of payment to state budget; other related documents (if any).

- Request document for review submitted by taxpayers to tax authorities.

b) Tax amounts pending adjustment due to delay in or loss of evidencing documents or proofs of payment.

Categorization documents include:

- Form of payment to state budget, tax declaration sent to tax authorities or provided by taxpayers.

- Data available on the electronic tax administration systems of tax authorities that provide proof of taxpayers’ overpayment or underpayment, or other related documents (if any).

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Categorization documents include: Request form of taxpayers for recording as state budget revenue – expenditure, and proofs of such recording provided by taxpayers.

(The foregoing can be originals or copies)

4. Settled debts shall be comprised of the following:

a) Tax debts owed by taxpayers of which decisions on charge-off have been issued by tax authorities.

Categorization documents: Debt charge-off Decision issued by tax authorities (original or copy as required).

b) Debts of taxpayers that obtain tax authorities’ notices of approval of exclusion from being charged late payment interest for the reason that they have not yet been paid by the state budget.

Categorization documents: Notice of approval of exclusion from being charged late payment interest issued by tax authorities (original or copy as required).

5. Recoverable debts automatically categorized on the electronic tax administration system shall be comprised of the following:

a) Debt with a maturity of 1 - 30 days.

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c) Debt with a maturity of 61 - 90 days.

d) Debt with a maturity of 91 - 120 days.

dd) Debt with a maturity of 121 - 365 days.

e) Debt with a maturity of at least 366 days.

Part II

CONTENT OF DEBT MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE

I. Setting debt-related targets

1. Should-be-set targets

a) Total tax debt (exclusive of tax amounts pending adjustment and settled debts) per total state budget revenue in the custody of tax authorities, determined as on the 31^st of December in the planning year.

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c) Total recoverable tax debt, determined as on the 31^st of December in the planning year, that is expected to be recovered in the planning year in relation to total recoverable tax debt, determined as on the 31^st of December in the planning year.

d) Other targets assigned by superior agencies in the planning year.

2. References used for setting debt-related targets

a) Targets to be aimed for; tasks assigned by superior agencies.

b) Development of tax debts; recovered debts, reported by subordinate tax authorities according to data appendices to the debt management procedure to be published:

- as on the 31^st of December of three years immediately preceding the planning year;

- as on the 30^th of November in the implementation year;

- till the 31^st of December in the implementation year.

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d) The estimated amount of tax debts incurred and possibilities of recovering tax debts and settling debts in the planning year due to impacts caused by socio-economic policies, conditions, etc.

3. Carrying out the process for setting and assigning debt-related targets

a) Department of Debt Management and Tax Debt Collection Enforcement shall be responsible for setting debt-related targets and providing the Leadership of the General Department of Taxation with counsels on assigning these targets to Tax Departments by January 15 in the planning year at the latest.

b) At Tax Departments

- Divisions for Debt Management and Tax Debt Collection Enforcement/Tax Administration Divisions under Large Enterprise Tax Administration:

+ According to debt-related targets assigned by the General Department of Taxation and actual condition, Divisions for Debt Management and Tax Debt Collection Enforcement/Tax Administration Divisions under Large Enterprise Tax Administration shall be responsible for setting debt-related targets and providing the Leaderships of Tax Departments with counsels on assigning these targets to them themselves, other divisions participating in the procedure, Tax Sub-departments put under their direct control with a view to meeting debt-related targets assigned by the General Department of Taxation;

+ Further reassign debt-related targets to tax officers of Divisions for Debt Management and Tax Debt Collection Enforcement/Tax Administration Divisions under Large Enterprise Tax Administration.

- Other divisions participating in the procedure:

+ Get involved in setting debt-related targets with Tax Departments;

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- Assignment of debt-related targets shall be completed by January 25 in the planning year at the latest and completion reports shall be submitted to the General Department of Taxation by January 31 in the planning year at the latest.

c) At Tax Sub-departments

- Sub-divisions/Teams having competence in debt management and tax debt collection enforcement:

+ According to debt-related targets assigned by Tax Departments and actual condition, Sub-divisions/Teams having competence in debt management and tax debt collection enforcement shall be responsible for setting debt-related targets and providing the Leaderships of Tax Departments with counsels on assigning these targets to them themselves and other divisions/teams participating in the procedure with a view to meeting debt-related targets assigned by the Tax Departments;

+ Further reassign debt-related targets to tax officers of corresponding Divisions/Teams for debt management and tax debt collection enforcement.

- Other Divisions/Teams participating in the procedure:

+ Get involved in setting debt-related targets with Tax Sub-departments;

+ Further reassign debt-related targets to tax officers of corresponding Divisions/Teams.

- Assignment of debt-related targets shall be completed by January 31 in the planning year at the latest and completion reports shall be submitted to Tax Departments by February 5 in the planning year at the latest.

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1. Leaderships of Divisions/Teams for debt management or units participating in the procedure shall assign debt management work to their staff according to the following principles:

- For business and legal entities, assignment to debt management duties shall depend on types of business, tax, lines of business, administrative divisions, collection jurisdictions or other appropriate criteria.

- For business households and natural persons, assignment to debt management duties shall depend on collection jurisdictions (e.g. wards, communes, towns; ports; road terminals; markets, etc.).

2. Monthly, on the working day immediately following the debt cutoff date on the system, Leaderships of Divisions/Teams for debt management or units participating in the procedure shall act as follows:

- For new taxpayers, they shall assign debt management duties according to the principle referred to in clause 1 of this section.

- Where there is any change in personnel in a month (because of sick leave, job transfer or rotation, etc.), they shall reassign taxpayer management duties or work that needs to be done.

- They shall encourage and remind staff of Divisions/Teams for debt management or units participating in the procedure to carry out the procedure.

3. Units counseling issuance of administrative sanction decisions against tax-related offences shall be responsible for promoting collection of tax debts and other state budget revenue within the time limit for sanctioning specified in each of these decisions, and notifying debt management units promptly after issuance of these Decisions (originals or copies as required) in order for them to take enforcement measures if taxpayers fail to pay upon expiry of these Decisions.

Units participating in the procedure shall be responsible for pursuing debts under their management. As for debts of which enforcement is due to happen, debt management units shall take required enforcement actions or measures.

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1. Officers of debt management units or units participating in the procedure shall, based on the status of TIN of each taxpayer shown on the electronic tax administration system, written documents, decisions and literature relating to taxpayers, compile the dossier of debt categorization according to the instructions given in Section IV of Part I herein. If such dossier is not complete, the debt management unit shall request the tax declaration and accounting unit; the tax examination and inspection unit; and other relevant units to provide documents and materials relating to taxpayers for debt categorization purposes.

2. Officers of debt management units or units participating in the procedure shall, based on categorization dossier or documents, categorize debts according to the nature of specific debts or debt groups in order to promptly record any change in the nature of debts.

Tax debt categorization results may be updated immediately at the categorization time. Categorization results shall serve as a basis for implementation of measures for debt pursuit, collection enforcement, imposition of late payment interest and settlement of debts of taxpayers.

Officers of debt management units or units participating in the procedure shall use tax debt categorization reports specific to taxpayers made using the Form No. 01/NNT-BC available on the electronic tax administration system as a basis for tax debt pursuit or promotion of collection of tax debts.

IV. Tax debt pursuit or promotion of collection of tax debts

1. Taking debt pursuit measures

Monthly, after the day on which the system runs the debt pursuit program, officers of debt management units or units participating in the procedure shall act as follows:

a) Regarding the taxpayers only owing tax debts with a maturity of 1 - 30 days:

Officers of debt management units or units participating in the procedure make phone calls or send SMS messages or emails to taxpayers (company owners or legal representatives of taxpayers, etc.) to inform tax debt amounts.

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- Issue the tax debt notice using the Form No. 01/TTN given as an attachment to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC available on the electronic tax administration system; issue the notice of debts of taxpayers defined in the tax debt notification, including debts incurred for at least 01 (one) day.

- Submit these notices to leaderships of tax authorities for their approval as follows:

+ At Tax Departments, Heads of debt management divisions or Heads of tax administration divisions under Large Enterprise Tax Administration may be authorized to electronically sign and send the Notice No. 01/TTN, enclosing the exhaustive schedule created by using the Form No. 01/BK-TTN enclosed in this Procedure.

+ At Tax Sub-departments, Leaderships of Tax Sub-departments shall electronically sign and send the Notice No. 01/TTN, enclosing the exhaustive schedule created by using the Form No. 01/BK-TTN enclosed in this Procedure.

Where electronic transaction requirements have not been fully satisfied, tax authorities shall send such Notice to taxpayers by post or in person.

If any taxpayer requests the detailed schedule made by using the Form No. 01-1/BK-TTN attached to this Procedure to be sent, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall send it to that taxpayer electronically or via that taxpayer’s email.

- After sending the Notice No. 01/TTN, if any taxpayer reports that data about tax debts specified in the Notice 01/TTN are incorrect, the in-charge officer of the debt management unit or unit participating in the procedure shall collaborate with the taxpayer in:

+ carrying out the review, checking and reconciliation of the taxpayer’s data:

Where necessary, the tax authority can request the taxpayer to provide documentary evidence or invite the taxpayer to the tax authority’s office for data checking, review and reconciliation with the aim of finding causes of differences in tax debts.

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+ guiding the taxpayer to send the request form for review to the tax authority if it is required to do so as provided in Article 69 of the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC dated September 29, 2021 of the Ministry of Finance as a basis for correcting the taxpayer’s tax debts.

+ Reissue the Notice No. 01/TTN at the taxpayer’s request: The in-charge debt management officer or the officer involved in the procedure shall reissue the Notice No. 01/TTN according to corrected data, which must clearly state: This Notice serves as a replacement for the Notice No..., issued on...

- Debts that do not need the Notice No. 01/TTN to be issued

+ Debts of taxpayers that obtain the Decision on tax payment in instalments, Notice of approval of exclusion from being charged late payment interest, or debt charge-off Decision, from tax authorities.

+ Tax amounts pending adjustment.

c) Regarding the taxpayers owing debts with a maturity of longer than 90 days, or tax debts subject to collection enforcement measures as required: The in-charge officer of the debt management unit shall enforce collection thereof according to the Procedure for tax debt collection enforcement while the officer participating in the procedure shall carry out debt pursuit actions.

d) Regarding cases in which the Notice 01/TTN is not temporarily issued

- Bad debts (except tax debts of taxpayers that have been subject to the tax authority’s measure for enforcement of suspension or invalidation of invoices 03 consecutive times; debts of taxpayers relating to criminal liabilities);

- Debts pending settlement (except debts involved in complaints or initiated legal cases);

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Where it is necessary to issue the Notice No. 01/TTN, the tax authority shall issue such Notice to the taxpayer to encourage that taxpayer to pay tax to the state budget.

Regarding tax debts of business households and natural persons that fall in the case in which the Notice No. 01/TTN has not been issued yet, the debt management unit shall compile the comprehensive list of tax debts (using the Form No. 01/HKD-TTN) and submit it to the tax authority to seek its approval and refer it to the tax administration team of commune, ward/commune and ward coalition for debt pursuit purposes.

2. Managing debts at allottee jurisdictions or authorized collection units; closed branches, representative offices or business locations

a) Managing debts at tax authorities in charge of tax affairs at local jurisdictions allotted debt management tasks (allottee jurisdiction(s))

- The debt management unit and the unit participating in the procedure takes steps in pursuing and promoting collection of tax debts at the allottee jurisdiction. Where all requirements for implementation of an enforcement measure are satisfied, the debt management unit may take that measure against tax debts that must be paid at the allottee jurisdiction.

- The debt management unit shall cooperate in handling and processing the request or application package for tax deferral, tax payment in instalments or tax debt charge-off at the province entitled to the allotted revenue at the request of its immediately superior tax authority.

b) Managing debts through authorized collection units

- The tax administration team of a commune, ward/commune and ward coalition issues the Notice of tax debts (using the Form No. 01/TTN) and the exhaustive list of tax debts (using the Form No. 01/HKD-TTN) to the authorized collection unit in order for it to encourage taxpayers to pay tax amounts that they owe to the state budget (including tax arrears incurred from use of non-agricultural land and late payment interest of taxpayers that are natural persons or family households).

- The tax administration team of a commune, ward/commune and ward coalition monitors and pushes the authorized collection unit for implementation of tax debt management tasks.

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- The tax authority in charge of taxpayer’s branches, representative offices or business locations:

+ Enforce debt pursuit measures against taxpayers whose closed branches, representative offices or business locations owe tax debts.

+ Apply enforcement measures, including money withdrawal from accounts or account freezing, against the indebted taxpayer’s main office, or cooperate with the tax authority in charge of taxpayer’s main offices to impose proper enforcement measures.

- The tax authority in charge of main offices monitors and enforces measures for pursuit or enforcement of collection of tax debts owed by these main offices. Upon receipt of the request from the tax authority in charge of branches, representative offices or business locations, the tax authority in charge of main offices imposes appropriate enforcement measures on taxpayers (even including tax debts of their branches, representative offices or business locations).

V. Temporary suspension of exit, extension of temporary suspension of exit, and revocation of temporary suspension of exit

1. Temporary suspension of exit

a) Deciding whether temporary suspension of exit occurs

Monthly, after examining, reviewing, reconciling and correctly determining tax obligations of a taxpayer, based on the actual condition and tax administration development in a local jurisdiction, or at the request of other units, the debt management unit shall consider cases in which the measure for temporary suspension of exit is imposed as follows:

- Natural persons; natural persons who are legal representatives of taxpayers that are companies subjected to enforcement of execution of administrative sanction decisions regarding offences relating to tax administration in effect if they have not fulfilled their tax payment obligations yet.

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- Vietnamese expatriates if they have not yet fulfilled their tax obligations before exit.

- Foreign nationals if they have not yet fulfilled their tax obligations before exit.

b) Issuing the notice of temporary suspension of exit

- Based on the aforesaid considerations, the debt management unit drafts the notice of temporary suspension of exit by using the Form No. 01/XC in Appendix III to the Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP, enclosing the dossier relating to the taxpayer including: Form of Notice of outstanding tax debts No. 01/TTN; Decision on enforcement of execution of tax-related administrative sanction decision (if any); other relevant documents (if any), for submission to the leadership of the tax authority to obtain their signature.

- By the following day at the latest, the leadership of the tax authority signs that notice; the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure sends the Notice of temporary suspension of exit to the immigration department, and to the indebted taxpayer to ask for fulfillment of tax payment obligations before exit.

The electronic tax administration system helps in compiling the list of taxpayers subjected to temporary suspension of exit according to the Form No. 01/DS-XC attached to this Procedure.

c) Monitoring the process for fulfillment of tax payment obligations

On a daily basis, the debt management unit shall, based on data available at the tax authority and cooperation with relevant units, monitor tax payment made by the taxpayer subjected to temporary suspension of exit. Where the taxpayer has completely discharged tax payment obligations, the debt management unit shall revoke the measure for temporary suspension of exit according to the order specified in clause 3 of Section V of Part II herein.

2. Extension of temporary suspension of exit applicable to foreign nationals if they have not yet fulfilled their tax obligations before exit

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With reference to the list of taxpayers subject to extension of the temporary suspension of exit, the debt management unit issues the Notice of extension of temporary suspension of exit by using the Form No. 02/XC in Appendix III to the Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP and submits it to the leadership of the tax authority for signing and delivery of the signed one to the immigration department, as well as sends it to the taxpayer.

The electronic tax administration system helps in compiling the list of taxpayers subjected to extension of temporary suspension of exit by completing the Form No. 02-2/DS-XC attached to this Procedure.

3. Revocation of temporary suspension of exit

Where the taxpayer has fulfilled his/her tax payment obligations, then:

- The debt management unit shall draft the Notice of revocation of temporary suspension of exit by completing the Form No. 02/XC in Appendix III to the Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP and submit it to the leadership of the tax authority for signing, and send it through to the immigration department for revocation of temporary suspension of exit within 24 working hours.

- Right on the day of issuance of the Notice of revocation of temporary suspension of exit, the debt management unit shall insert the Notice of revocation of temporary suspension of exit into the electronic tax administration system.

The electronic tax administration system helps in compiling the list of taxpayers eligible for revocation of temporary suspension of exit according to the Form No. 03/DS-XC attached to this Procedure.

4. Disclosure of notices of temporary suspension of exit, extension of temporary suspension of exit, and revocation of temporary suspension of exit

Promptly on the day of issuance of the Notices of temporary suspension of exit, extension of temporary suspension of exit or revocation of temporary suspension of exit, the debt management unit shall send a copy of these Notices to other relevant units in order to have them published on tax websites.

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1. Write-off of tax debts, penalties or late payment interest

1.1. At Tax Sub-departments

a) Preparing or compiling the dossier

The debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure prepares the request dossier for debt write-off comprised of the following:

- Full documentation defined in clause 2 of Article 65 in the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC dated September 29, 2021 of the Ministry of Finance;

- Form of transmittal to be completed for submission to the leadership of the Tax Sub-department, enclosing the request form for debt write-off by completing the Form No. 01/XOANO attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC;

- Request form for evaluation or verification to be completed.

b) Evaluating or verifying the dossier

The debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure refers the request dossier for debt write-off to the unit having competence in evaluation or verification of dossiers (hereinafter referred to as legal affairs unit) for evaluation or verification purposes.

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c) Consolidating evaluation opinions and presenting them to the Tax Sub-department

Within 02 (two) working days of receipt of opinions from the legal affairs unit, the debt management unit integrates these opinions into the submitted dossier for submission to the Tax Sub-department for its approval before seeking the Tax Department’s consent to handling of the request for debt write-off.

1.2. At Tax Departments

a) For the request dossier for debt write-off referred by the Tax Sub-department:

- Where it is established that the requester is not eligible for debt write-off, the Tax Department shall issue the Notice Form No. 02/XOANO attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC to the Tax Sub-department;

- Where it is established that the requester is eligible for debt write-off, but has submitted the incomplete dossier, within 10 (ten) working days of receipt of the submitted dossier, the Tax Department shall issue the Notice Form No. 03/XOANO attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC to the Tax Sub-department;

- Where it is established that the requester is qualified for debt write-off and has submitted the complete dossier, the division for debt management and tax debt collection enforcement shall act as follows:

+ Complete the request form for evaluation or verification and form of transmittal to the leadership of the Tax Department, enclosing the request form for debt write-off by completing the Form No. 01/XOANO attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC;

+ Refer the submitted request dossier for debt write-off to the legal affairs unit for the evaluation conducted in accordance with regulations. The division for debt management and tax debt collection enforcement gives explanations for the request, or additionally provides documentary evidence for the request according to the evaluation opinions of the legal affairs unit (if any).

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b) For the request dossier for debt write-off prepared by the Tax Department:

- Preparing or compiling the dossier:

The debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure prepares the request dossier for debt write-off comprised of the following:

+ Full documentation defined in clause 2 of Article 65 in the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC;

+ Form of transmittal to the leadership of the Tax Department, enclosing the Request Form No. 01/XOANO attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC for debt write-off;

+ Request form for evaluation or verification.

- Evaluating or verifying the dossier:

The debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure refers the request dossier for debt write-off to the legal affairs unit for conduct of the required evaluation or verification process.

The debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure give explanations for the submitted dossier, or additionally provides documentary evidence for the submitted dossier according to the evaluation opinions of the legal affairs unit (if any).

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Within 02 (two) working days of receipt of opinions from the legal affairs unit, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure carries out the process for integrating these opinions into the request for submission to the Tax Department for its approval before seeking consent to the request for debt write-off from the People’s Committee of the province or city or the General Department of Taxation.

1.3. At General Department of Taxation

a) Receiving the request dossier for debt write-off referred by the Tax Department.

b) Handling or processing the request dossier:

- Where it is established that the requester is not eligible for debt write-off, the General Department of Taxation shall issue the Notice Form No. 02/XOANO attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC to the Tax Department;

- Where it is established that the requester is eligible for debt write-off, but has submitted the incomplete dossier, within 10 (ten) working days of receipt of the submitted dossier, the General Department of Taxation shall issue the Notice Form No. 03/XOANO attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC to the Tax Department to ask it to provide additional documents to make the request dossier validated;

- Where it is established that the requester is qualified for debt write-off and has submitted the complete dossier, the Department of Debt Management and Tax Debt Collection Enforcement shall act as follows:

+ Prepare the form of transmittal, enclosing the Decision on debt write-off and documentary evidence of debt write-off, for submission to the leadership of the General Department of Taxation.

+ Refer the request dossier for debt write-off to the Department of Legal Affairs for the evaluation conducted in accordance with regulations. The Department of Debt Management and Tax Debt Collection Enforcement gives explanations for the request, or additionally provides documentary evidence for the request according to the evaluation opinions of the legal affairs unit (if any).

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1.4. When receiving the decision on debt write-off from the competent authority, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall take actions as follows:

- Insert the decision on debt write-off for the purpose of reducing the amount of tax debts shown on the electronic tax administration system.

- For taxpayers that are natural persons, business persons, homeowners, family business owners, owners of private businesses and single-member limited liability companies whose tax debts have been written off as per clause 3 of Article 85 in the Law on Tax Administration, the immediately superior tax authority shall cooperate with the business registration agency in further oversight of the written-off debts with a view to recovering such debts before the taxpayers granted debt write-off reopen their production or business activities, or institute their new production or business entity.

- The debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall keep all documentation regarding debt write-off.

1.5. The Decision on debt write-off shall be annulled if the taxpayer has managed to fully pay the written-off tax debts to the state budget; or the Court issues the decision to revoke the decision to declare a person dead or incapable of performing civil acts whose tax debts, late payment interest or other penalties required in Article 85 in the Law on Tax Administration have been written off with the tax authority's approval.

a) At Tax Sub-departments: The debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure prepares the form of transmittal relating to the request for revocation of the Decision on debt write-off for submission to the leadership of the Tax Sub-department, and sends the Tax Department the request form for revocation of the existing Decision on debt write-off, enclosing the documentary evidence of the taxpayer's completed payment of written-off tax debts into the state budget or the Decision to revoke the Decision to declare a person dead or incapable of performing civil acts.

b) At Tax Departments: Upon receipt of the request form for revocation of the Decision on debt write-off for the taxpayer referred by the Tax Sub-department, or when establishing that the Decision on debt write-off received by the taxpayer under the management of the Tax Department must be revoked, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall prepare a form of transmittal relating to the request for revocation of the Decision on debt write-off for submission to the leadership of the Tax Department, and send the People’s Committee of the province/city or the General Department of Taxation the request form for revocation of the existing Decision on debt write-off, enclosing the documentary evidence of the taxpayer’s completed payment of written-off tax debts to the state budget or the Decision to revoke the Decision to declare a person dead or incapable of performing civil acts.

c) At the General Department of Taxation: When receiving the request form for revocation of the Decision on debt write-off from the Tax Department, the Department of Debt Management and Tax Debt Collection Enforcement shall prepare the form of transmittal relating to such request for submission to the leadership of the General Department of Taxation, and draft the Decision to revoke the existing Decision on debt write-off, enclosing the documentary evidence of the taxpayer's completed payment of written-off tax debts into the state budget or the Decision to revoke the Decision to declare a person dead or incapable of performing civil acts and/or the existing Decision on debt write-off; shall submit the aforesaid draft Decision to the leadership of the General Department of Taxation to seek its approval of the Decision to revoke the Decision on debt write-off, or solicit the Ministry of Finance and/or the Government to decide to revoke the Decision on debt write-off.

2. Charge-off of tax debts

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a) The debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure collects all documentation required for debt charge-off as defined in clause 1 of Article 23 in the Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP; prepares the form of transmittal relating to the request for debt charge-off and draft the Decision on debt charge-off.

b) The debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure carries out the process for referral of the request dossier for debt charge-off to the legal affairs unit for conduct of the required evaluation or verification.

c) Within 02 (two) working days of receipt of evaluation opinions from the legal affairs unit, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure carries out the process for integrating these opinions or explanations (if any) into the request for submission to the leadership of the tax authority for signing of the Decision on debt charge-off Form No. 01/KN given in Appendix III to the Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP.

2.2. After issuing the Decision on debt charge-off, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall act as follows:

- Insert the decision on debt charge-off in the electronic tax administration system;

- Cooperate with the tax declaration unit to record a decrease in the late payment amount for the period from the start date of tax debt charge-off to the date of the tax authority’s issuance of the Decision on tax debt charge-off.

- Update competent units with information about the foregoing Decision to get it published on the tax website within 03 (three) working days following the date of issuance of that Decision.

2.3. Preparing and issuing the Decision to invalidate the Decision on debt charge-off

a) Where, after having obtained the decision on tax debt charge-off from the tax authority, the taxpayer receives the Decision to declare a person dead, missing or incapable of performing civil acts from the Court, or continues business, then:

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- When receiving the signed decision to invalidate the decision on debt charge-off, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall act as follows:

+ Insert the decision to invalidate the decision on tax debt charge-off in the electronic tax administration system;

+ Charge late payment interest from the date of issuance of the decision to invalidate the decision on tax debt charge-off to the date promptly preceding the date of the taxpayer’s full payment of tax debts into the state budget;

+ Update competent units with information about the foregoing Decision to get it published on the tax website within 03 (three) working days following the date of issuance of that Decision.

b) Where, when receiving the decision on tax debt charge-off from the tax authority, the taxpayer fully meets the debt write-off requirements and has the adequate request dossier for debt write-off, then:

- The debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure prepares the form of transmittal and draft the decision to invalidate the decision on debt charge-off by using the Form No. 02/KN in Appendix III to the Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP for submission to the leadership of the tax authority to request them to sign the decision to invalidate the decision on tax debt charge-off.

- When receiving the signed decision to invalidate the decision on debt charge-off, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall act as follows:

+ Insert the decision to invalidate the decision on tax debt charge-off in the electronic tax administration system;

+ Take debt write-off steps specified in clause 1 of Section VI of Part II herein.

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- The debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall prepare the form of transmittal relating to invalidation of the decision on debt charge-off, and draft the decision to invalidate the decision on debt charge-off by using the Form No. 02/KN in Appendix III to the Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP for submission to the leadership of the tax authority to request them to sign the decision to invalidate the decision on tax debt charge-off.

- When receiving the signed decision to invalidate the decision on debt charge-off, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall act as follows:

+ Insert the decision to invalidate the decision on tax debt charge-off in the electronic tax administration system;

+ Charge late payment interest from the date on which the taxpayer's tax debts are charged off to the date on which the taxpayer pays tax debts in full into the state budget;

+ Update competent units with information about the foregoing Decision to get it published on the tax website within 03 (three) working days following the date of issuance of that Decision.

d) For the taxpayer whose tax debts have been charged off, if the competent authority or the tax authority establishes that the taxpayer’s debt charge-off is in contravention of regulations; or the taxpayer has paid tax debts to the state budget in full; or the authority having competence in conferring the certificate of business registration gives the written response regarding the non-revocation of the taxpayer’s certificate of business registration, the debt management unit shall prepare the form of transmittal relating to invalidation of the decision on debt charge-off, and draft the decision to invalidate the decision on debt charge-off by using the Form No. 02/KN in Appendix III to the Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP, for submission to the leadership of the tax authority to sign the decision to invalidate the decision on tax debt charge-off, and take the steps according to the instructions given in point c of clause 2.3 of Section VI of Part II herein.

2.4. The debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall keep all documentation regarding debt charge-off.

3. Tax deferral

a) Reviewing and evaluating or verifying the request dossier

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- Where it is established that the taxpayer is not eligible for tax deferral, the debt management unit counsels the leadership of the tax authority to issue the Notice of refusal of tax deferral by completing the Form No. 03/GHAN attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC within 10 (ten) working days of receipt of the request dossier.

- Where the submitted request dossier does not contain all required documents; or it is established that the submitted request dossier is suspected of having any offence involving the loss or damage to the material value determined on the taxpayer’s own account or any other defect, the debt management unit shall counsel the leadership of the tax authority to issue the written Notice demanding explanations to or provision of additional documents for the request dossier by using the Form No. 01/TB-BSTT-NNT attached to the Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP to the taxpayer within 03 (three) working days of receipt of the request dossier; at the Tax Department, this Notice may serve as the power of attorney to give the Head of the Division for debt management and tax debt collection enforcement, or the Head of the Division for tax administration under the Large Enterprise Tax Administration, the power to sign the Decision on tax deferral;

- Where the taxpayer prepares the request dossier which is complete and legitimate, and is eligible for tax deferral, then:

+ the debt management unit shall prepare the form of transmittal relating to tax deferral and draft the Decision on tax deferral by using the Form No. 02/GHAN attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC, enclosing required documentation, for submission to the legal affairs unit for its evaluation or verification according to regulations. The debt management unit shall give explanations or clarifications for and add more documents to the request dossier according to the evaluation opinions of the legal affairs unit (if any).

+ Within 02 (two) working days of receipt of evaluation opinions from the legal affairs unit, the debt management unit shall integrate these opinions into the request dossier for submission to the leadership of the tax authority for their consideration before issuance of the Decision on tax deferral.

b) After issuing the Decision on debt deferral, the debt management unit shall act as follows:

- Insert the decision on debt deferral in the electronic tax administration system;

- Cooperate with the tax declaration and accounting unit to adjust the late payment interest (if any);

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4. Deferral of payment of fees for grant of mining rights in case of facing any issue relating to clearance of rent land

a) Reviewing and evaluating or verifying the request dossier

After receiving the request dossier, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure carries out the acceptance and examination or verification process as follows:

- Where it is established that the taxpayer is not eligible for such deferral, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure counsels the leadership of the tax authority to issue the Notice of refusal of deferral by completing the Form No. 04/GHKS in Appendix III to the Circular No. 126/2020/ND-CP within 10 (ten) working days of receipt of the request dossier.

- Where the submitted request dossier for such deferral does not contain all required documents; or contain any other defect, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall counsel the leadership of the tax authority to issue the written Notice demanding explanations to or provision of additional documents for the request dossier by using the Form No. 03/GHKS in Appendix III to the Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP to the taxpayer within 03 (three) working days of receipt of the request dossier; at the Tax Department, this Notice may serve as the power of attorney to give the Head of the Division for debt management and tax debt collection enforcement, or the Head of the Division for tax administration under the Large Enterprise Tax Administration, the power to sign the Decision on deferral;

- Where the taxpayer prepares the request dossier which is complete and legitimate, and is eligible for such deferral, then:

+ the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall prepare the form of transmittal relating to such deferral and draft the Decision on deferral of payment of fees for grant of mining rights by using the Form No. 02/GHKS in Appendix III to the Circular No. 126/2020/ND-CP, enclosing required documentation, for submission to the legal affairs unit for its evaluation or verification according to regulations. The debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure give explanations for the submitted dossier, or additionally provides documentary evidence for the submitted dossier according to the evaluation opinions of the legal affairs unit (if any).

+ Within 02 (two) working days of receipt of evaluation opinions from the legal affairs unit, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall integrate these opinions into the request dossier for submission to the leadership of the tax authority for their consideration before issuance of the Decision on deferral of payment of fees for grant of mining rights.

b) After issuing the Decision on deferral of payment of fees for grant of mining rights, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall act as follows:

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- Cooperate with the tax declaration and accounting unit to adjust the late payment interest (if any);

- Update competent units with information about the foregoing Decision to get it published on the tax website within 03 (three) working days following the date of issuance of that Decision.

- All of documents related to such deferral shall be kept.

5. Tax payment in instalments

a) Reviewing and evaluating or verifying the request dossier

After receiving the request dossier, the debt management unit carries out the examination or verification process as follows:

- Where the submitted request dossier for such deferral does not contain all required documents, the debt management unit shall counsel the leadership of the tax authority to issue the written Notice demanding explanations to or provision of additional documents for the request dossier by using the Form No. 01/TB-BSTT-NNT attached to the Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP to the taxpayer within 03 (three) working days of receipt of the request dossier; at the Tax Department, this Notice may serve as the power of attorney to give the Head of the Division for debt management and tax debt collection enforcement, or the Head of the Division for tax administration under the Large Enterprise Tax Administration, the power to sign the Decision on tax payment in instalments.

- Where it is suspected that the letter of guarantee is illicit, the debt management unit shall counsel the leadership of the tax authority to sign the Notice of verification using the Form No. 05/NDAN attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC to the guarantor.

Where the guarantor confirms that the letter of guarantee is invalid, within 03 (three) working days of receipt of the verification results, the debt management unit shall solicit the leadership of the tax authority to issue the Notice of refusal of tax payment in instalments by completing the Form No. 03/NDAN attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC.

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b) After issuing the Decision on tax payment in instalments, the debt management unit shall act as follows:

- Insert the Decision on tax payment in instalments in the electronic tax administration system.

- Monthly, the debt management unit shall monitor the taxpayer’s tax payment in instalments according to the Decision in effect. Where the taxpayer misses or does not fully pay any monthly instalment by the agreed payment due date, or the guarantor has not pay it on behalf of the taxpayer, within 05 (five) working days following that date agreed payment due date, the debt management unit shall counsel the leadership of the tax authority to issue the Notice Form No. 02/NDAN attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC to the guarantor to request it to fulfill its guarantee obligations as required by law, and send that Notice to the taxpayer as well.

- All of documents related to tax payment in instalments shall be kept.

6. Exemption from late payment interest

a) Reviewing and evaluating or verifying the request dossier

After receiving the request dossier, the debt management unit carries out the acceptance and examination or verification process as follows:

- Where it is established that the taxpayer is not eligible for such exemption, the debt management unit solicits the leadership of the tax authority to issue the Notice of refusal of exemption from late payment interest by completing the Form No. 03/ MTCN attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC within 10 (ten) working days of receipt of the request dossier.

- Where the submitted request dossier for such exemption does not contain all required documents, the debt management unit shall counsel the leadership of the tax authority to issue the written Notice demanding explanations to or provision of additional documents for the request dossier by using the Form No. 01/TB-BSTT-NNT attached to the Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP to the taxpayer within 03 (three) working days of receipt of the request dossier. At the Tax Department, this Notice may serve as the power of attorney to give the Head of the Division for debt management and tax debt collection enforcement, or the Head of the Division for tax administration under the Large Enterprise Tax Administration, the power to sign the Decision on exemption from late payment interest.

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b) After issuing the Decision on exemption from late payment interest, the debt management unit shall act as follows:

- Insert the Decision on exemption from late payment interest in the electronic tax administration system;

- Cooperate with the tax declaration and accounting unit to adjust the late payment interest (if any);

- All of documents related to exemption from late payment interest shall be kept.

7. Exclusion from being charged late payment interest

a) Reviewing and evaluating or verifying the request dossier

After receiving the request dossier, the debt management unit carries out the acceptance and examination or verification process as follows:

- Where it is established that the taxpayer is not eligible for such exclusion, the debt management unit shall solicit the leadership of the tax authority to issue the Notice of refusal of exclusion from being charged late payment interest by completing the Form No. 04/KTCN attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC within 10 (ten) working days of receipt of the request dossier.

- Where the submitted request dossier for such exclusion does not contain all required documents, the debt management unit shall counsel the leadership of the tax authority to issue the written Notice demanding explanations to or provision of additional documents for the request dossier by using the Form No. 01/TB- BSTT-NNT attached to the Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP to the taxpayer within 03 (three) working days of receipt of the request dossier. At the Tax Department, this Notice may serve as the power of attorney to give the Head of the Division for debt management and tax debt collection enforcement, or the Head of the Division for tax administration under the Large Enterprise Tax Administration, the power to sign the Decision on exclusion from being charged late payment interest.

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+ the debt management unit shall prepare the form of transmittal relating to such exclusion and draft the Notice of approval of exclusion from being charged late payment interest by using the Form No. 05/KTCN attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC, enclosing required request documentation for such exclusion, for submission to the legal affairs unit for its evaluation or verification according to regulations. The debt management unit shall give explanations or clarifications for and add more documents to the request dossier according to the evaluation opinions of the legal affairs unit (if any).

+ Within 02 (two) working days of receipt of evaluation opinions from the legal affairs unit, the debt management unit shall integrate these opinions into the request dossier for submission to the leadership of the tax authority for their consideration before signing of the Decision on exclusion from being charged late payment interest.

b) After issuing the Notice of approval of exclusion from being charged late payment interest, the debt management unit shall act as follows:

- Insert the Notice of exclusion from being charged late payment interest in the electronic tax administration system;

- Cooperate with the tax declaration and accounting unit to adjust the late payment interest (if any).

- Monitor the fulfillment of tax obligations of the taxpayer: When receiving the Form of Notice of payment of tax debts into the state budget No. 03/KTCN attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC from the taxpayer, the debt management unit shall re-compute tax debts or late payment interest (if any), and cooperate with the tax declaration and accounting unit in updating the late payment interest (if any);

- All of documents related to exclusion from being charged late payment interest shall be kept.

8. Confirmation of tax debts

After receiving the request for confirmation of tax debts from the taxpayer or the competent state authority, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall, based on tax debt data managed by the tax authority on the central electronic tax administration system, draft the Notice of tax debts by completing the Form No. 02/TTN attached to the Circular No. 80/2021/TT-BTC for submission to the leadership of the tax authority to seek their approval before sending it to the requesting taxpayer or the competent state authority.

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VII. Settlement of tax amounts pending adjustment, bad debts

1. Tax amounts pending adjustment

a) Tax amounts pending adjustment due to error(s):

- If the taxpayer discovers any error and sends the review request to the tax authority: The tax declaration and accounting unit shall handle or process the taxpayer's review request, and cooperate with the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure in updating data (if any). The debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall proceed to categorize debts in accordance with regulations.

- Where the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure finds data input errors, it shall prepare the request form to request the unit inputting incorrect data to compare input data with data of the taxpayer and handle any erroneous data; concurrently, these units concerned shall notify the handling results to the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure for the required debt categorization.

b) For tax debts pending adjustment due to delay in circulation of proofs or documentary evidence, delay in recording or loss thereof, the debt management unit or the unit participating the procedure shall cooperate with the tax declaration and accounting unit, the tax examination and inspection unit, etc. in determining documentary evidence of tax payment of the taxpayer made at state treasuries or commercial banks, or documentary evidence of tax payment made outside of the registered province in order for the tax declaration and accounting to record any decrease in the amount of tax debts of the taxpayer on the electronic tax administration system, and update the data (if any).

c) For tax debts pending adjustment due to recording them as revenue or expenditure, the debt management unit or the unit participating the procedure shall request the tax declaration and accounting unit, the tax examination and inspection unit or other relevant units to determine the time limit for payment into the state budget, and proceed to reset the time limit for tax payment shown in the electronic tax administration system, as well as update the data (if any).

2. Bad debts

a) Bad debts (except tax debts relating to criminal liabilities and tax debts of taxpayers subject to the tax authority’s measure for enforcement of suspension or invalidation of invoices at least 03 consecutive times)

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b) Bad debts relating to criminal liabilities and subject to invoice-related enforcement measures at least 03 (three) consecutive times

- For bad debts related to criminal liabilities:

Upon receipt of the investigation conclusion or the court judgment, if the taxpayer has not paid tax into the state budget yet, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall take actions or measures to pursue, promote or enforce collection of tax debts.

- For bad debts subject to invoice-related enforcement measures at least 03 (three) consecutive times:

The debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall conduct the ongoing monitoring of operation or execution of enforcement actions or measures of the taxpayer:

+ If the taxpayer uses the invoice for each transaction that occurs, or the tax authority ceases to impose the action or measure for suspension of invoices upon the taxpayer, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall carry out debt re-categorization and pursuit or collection promotion.

+ If the taxpayer meets all related regulatory requirements and submits all required request dossier for debt write-off or charge-off, the instructions given in clause 1 and 2 of Section VI of Part II herein shall be followed.

VIII. Cooperation between tax authorities and authorities having competence in granting Certificate of Business Registration

1. Any exchange of information between the tax authority at the same level as the Tax Sub-department having direct control over the taxpayer and the district-level business registration agency, together with the provincial-level business registration agency, shall be as follows:

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- Compile the list of taxpayers whose debts have been written off in a month by completing the Form No. 01/DS-DKKD attached hereto.

Where the debt management unit in collaboration with other units discovers that the taxpayers have been granted the certificate of business registration or resumed their production after debt write-off, a particular list of these taxpayers shall be compiled by using the Form No. 02/DS-DKKD attached hereto to request the district-level business registration agency and/or the provincial-level business registration agency to revoke the existing certificate of business registration.

- Draft the Form of Notice No. 01/DKKD-QLN, enclosing 02 Lists (Form No. 01/DS-DKKD and Form No. 02/DS-DKKD attached hereto), containing the request for refusal to grant the certificate of business registration or revocation of the existing certificate of business registration (if any) according to the attached list of taxpayers for submission to the district-level business registration agency and the provincial-level business registration agency.

- Submit the Notice, enclosing the list of taxpayers whose debts have been written off, to the leadership of the Tax Sub-department for approval and signing before sending the approved Notice to the district-level business registration agency and the provincial-level business registration agency.

b) Where the Tax Sub-department is informed by the district-level business registration agency and/or the provincial-level business registration agency that the taxpayer whose debts have been written off requests establishment of a new business entity, the debt management unit shall keep a close watch on this case, and encourage that taxpayer to pay the written-off debts.

If the taxpayer whose debts have been written off has managed to pay the written-off debts into the state budget, the debt management unit or the unit participating in the procedure shall act as follows:

- Annul the Decision on debt write-off under the instructions of clause 1.5 of Section VI of Part II herein after the taxpayer has paid the written-off debts in full.

- Compile the list of taxpayers fully paying the written-off tax debts specified in the Decision on debt write-off into the state budget by using the Form No. 03/DS-DKKD attached hereto.

- Submit the completed Form of Notice No. 02/DKKD-QLN attached hereto, enclosing the list of taxpayers that have paid written-off debts in full into the state budget (the Form No. 03/DS-DKKD attached hereto), for submission to the leadership of the Tax Sub-department for signing thereof before sending the approved Notice to the district-level business registration agency and the provincial-level business registration agency.

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2. Any exchange of information between the tax authority at the same level as the Tax Department having direct control over the taxpayer and the district-level business registration agency, together with the provincial-level business registration agency, shall be as follows:

a) Monthly, if any debt write-off arises, the debt management unit shall act as follows:

- Compile the list of taxpayers whose debts have been written-off by using the Form No. 01/DS-DKKD attached hereto in a month.

Where the debt management unit in collaboration with other units discovers that the taxpayers have been granted the certificate of business registration or resumed their production after debt write-off, a particular list of these taxpayers shall be compiled by using the Form No. 02/DS-DKKD attached hereto to request the district-level business registration agency and/or the provincial-level business registration agency to revoke the existing certificate of business registration.

- Draft the Form of Notice No. 01/DKKD-QLN attached hereto, enclosing 02 Lists (Form No. 01/DS-DKKD and Form No. 02/DS-DKKD), containing the request for refusal to grant the certificate of business registration or revocation of the existing certificate of business registration (if any) according to the attached list of taxpayers, for submission to the district-level business registration agency and/or the provincial-level business registration agency.

- Submit the Notice, enclosing the list of taxpayers whose debts have been written off, to the leadership of the Tax Department for approval and signing before sending the approved Notice to the district-level business registration agency and the provincial-level business registration agency.

b) Where the Tax Department is informed in writing by the district-level business registration agency and/or the provincial-level business registration agency that the taxpayer whose debts have been written off requests establishment of a new production or business entity, the debt management unit shall keep a close watch on this case, and encourage that taxpayer to pay the written-off debts.

If the taxpayer whose debts have been written off has managed to fully pay the written-off debts into the state budget, the debt management unit shall act as follows:

- Annul the Decision on debt write-off under the instructions of clause 1.5 of Section VI of Part II herein after the taxpayer has paid the written-off debts in full.

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- Request the leadership of the Tax Department to sign the completed Form of Notice No. 02/DKKD-QLN attached hereto, enclosing the list of taxpayers that have paid written-off debts in full into the state budget (Form No. 03/DS-DKKD attached hereto), before sending the approved Notice to the district-level business registration agency and the provincial-level business registration agency.

Where possible, information should be exchanged online.

IX. Disclosure of information about taxpayers owing tax and other amounts paid into the state budget

1. Monthly, based on the actual condition and developments of tax administration in local jurisdictions under its authority, the debt management unit shall select taxpayers committing violations against point a of clause 1 of Article 100 in the Law on Tax Administration No. 38/2019/QH14 and point g of clause 1 of Article 29 in the Government's Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP dated October 19, 2020 for the list of taxpayers subject to disclosure requirements (Form No. 01/CKTT-QLN hereto attached), including such information as name, tax identification number, address, tax debt amount.

2. The debt management unit shall conduct the review, comparison or reconciliation process to ensure accuracy of the disclosed information; propose the list of taxpayers subject to disclosure requirements to obtain approval from the leadership of the tax authority.

3. After obtaining approval from the leadership of the tax authority, the debt management unit shall send the list of taxpayers subject to disclosure requirements to competent units so that they can disclose information by using the methods specified in point b of clause 2 of Article 29 in the Decree No. 126/2020/ND-CP.

4. Where, after disclosing information, the tax authority discovers that such disclosed information is not accurate, the debt management unit shall solicit the leadership of the tax authority to approve the Notice of rectification and disclose rectified information by using the corresponding method specified in clause 3 of this Section.

X. Creation of journals and logbooks of tax debts

1. Creating journals

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2. Creating logbooks of tax debts

The system automatically updates tax debts of taxpayers (Form No. 03/NNT-BC hereto attached).

XI. Reporting of results of implementation of debt management tasks

1. Preparing reports

On a monthly basis, the inferior tax authority prepares the Review Report on debt management and tax debt collection enforcement (Form No. 01/BC-QLN hereto attached), enclosing the following appendices:

- Appendix 01, including:

+ Appendix No. 01-1/BC-QLN: Integrated Report on categorization of tax debts specific to tax authorities.

+ Appendix No. 01-2/BC-QLN: Integrated Report on categorization of tax debts specific to tax types and economic activities.

+ Appendix No. 01-2A/BC-QLN: Integrated Report on categorization of late payment interest specific to tax types.

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+ Appendix No. 01-4/BC-QLN: Report on results of collection of the previous year's tax debts.

+ Appendix No. 01-4A/BC-QLN: Report on results of collection of newly incurred tax debts.

+ Appendix No. 01-5/BC-QLN: Report of results of disclosure of information about taxpayers owing tax debts.

+ Appendix No. 01-6/BC-QLN: Summary Report of Notices of tax debts issued within the reporting period.

- Appendix 02, including:

+ Appendix No. 02-1/BC-QLN: Report on tax amounts pending adjustment.

+ Appendix No. 02-2/BC-QLN: Report on settled tax debts.

+ Appendix No. 02-3/BC-QLN: Report on debt settlement results.

+ Appendix No. 02-4/BC-QLN: Report on debt charge-off.

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Where there is no difference between tax debt data in the aforesaid appendices and data available on the electronic tax administration system, tax authorities at all levels shall use system data for compilation of reports.

Where there is any difference between tax debt data in the aforesaid appendices and data available on the electronic tax administration system, any tax authority whose data are not consistent with system data shall complete the aforesaid appendices and send them to the senior tax authority for compilation of reports.

Settled debts (including debts of taxpayers obtaining decisions on debt charge-off or notices of approval of exclusion from being charged late payment interest from tax authorities) shall be separately monitored according to Appendix 02-2/BC-QLN and shall not be integrated into total tax debts according to report forms specified in Appendix 01.

2. Time limit for submission of monthly reports

Within 05 working days following the day on which the system runs the debt pursuit program, the inferior tax authority shall submit the Review Report on debt management and tax debt collection enforcement (Form No. 01/BC-QLN hereto attached) to the senior tax authority (excluding appendices). Where there is any difference between data in the aforesaid appendices and data available on the electronic tax administration system, the inferior tax authority shall attach appendices when submitting reports.

If the deadline for submission of a report falls on any day-off or holiday, the submission deadline shall be the subsequent working day.

3. Method of submission of reports

- Monthly reports shall be submitted via purpose-made email.

- For annual December reports: The inferior tax authority submits reports to the superior tax authority by email and the written document bearing signature and seal of the tax authority’s head. Where any annual December report makes data adjustments according to the conclusions of audit, inspection and other competent agencies, the tax authority shall update report data, enclosing related appendices, and submit the updated report to the superior tax authority.

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1. Retention of reports

- For written reports, the debt management unit shall deposit reports that the tax authority submits to the superior tax authority.

- Review report on tax debts and appendices enclosed shall be filed in the electronic tax administration system at tax authorities at all levels that supervise taxpayers.

2. Retention of documentation

- The debt management unit shall keep all documents and materials related to debts and settlement of debts of taxpayers.

- Documentation shall be filed by specific taxpayers.

- Depositing or retention of documentation shall comply with the regulatory provisions regarding state archives.

3. Historical data on tax debts at tax authorities at all levels

Computer/IT units shall be in charge of storing and ensuring ultimate security and confidentiality for processed data input into the electronic tax administration system, including reports, journals, logbooks, and Notice No. 01/TTN.

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IMPLEMENTATION

I. General Department of Taxation

Department of Debt Management and Tax Debt Collection Enforcement:

1. Consult with the Leadership of the General Department of Taxation on organization, assignment, direction and cooperation between Departments and subordinate units of the General Department of Taxation involved in implementation of this Procedure.

2. Instruct, direct Tax Departments and Sub-departments to implement this Procedure, and inspect their implementation.

3. Make periodic reports on preliminary, final review and assessment of performance of debt management tasks of all tax authorities.

4. Recommend regulatory measures, mechanisms or policies on effective debt management to the Ministry of Finance, Government and National Assembly to seek their approval.

5. Give clarifications or modifications to the Procedure; ensure accurate and proper updates to the Procedure to make it adapt to the current context.

6. Cooperate with the IT Department to design, develop and run IT apps to help in performing debt management activities at tax authorities in a scientific, easy and effective manner.

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1. Divisions for Tax Management and Tax Debt Collection Enforcement/Tax Administration Divisions under Large Enterprise Tax Administration shall provide the leaderships of Tax Departments with counsels regarding:

- Organization, assignment and direction for cooperation between divisions under Tax Departments involved in implementation of this Procedure.

- Instruct, direct divisions and Tax Sub-departments under their jurisdiction to implement this Procedure, and inspect their implementation.

2. Make periodic reports on preliminary, final review and assessment of performance of debt management tasks under their jurisdiction.

3. Recommend effective debt management measures to the General Department of Taxation, People’s Committees and same-level authorities for their consideration.

4. Recommend any modification or amendment to regulatory mechanisms, policies and procedures for debt management and entries included in Forms attached to this Procedure to the General Department of Taxation in order to promptly respond to situations arising from the process of debt management carried out at Tax Departments and Sub-departments.

5. Recommend and join with the General Department of Taxation in developing and running IT apps to help in performing debt management activities at tax authorities in a scientific, easy and effective manner.

III. Tax Sub-departments

1. Divisions/Teams for Tax Management and Tax Debt Collection Enforcement, or other equivalent teams shall provide the leaderships of Tax Sub-departments with counsels on:

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- Guiding and directing debt management units and other units participating in the Procedure to implement the Procedure under their jurisdiction, and inspect their implementation.

- For authorized collection units designated by tax authorities, debt management units shall have a duty to solicit the leaderships of Tax Sub-departments to direct tax administration teams of communes, wards/commune and ward coalitions to notify these authorized collection units that they must undertake pursuit or promotion of collection of tax debts for payment into the state budget.

2. Make periodic reports on preliminary, final review and assessment of performance of debt management tasks under their jurisdiction.

3. Recommend effective debt management measures to Tax Departments, People’s Committees and same-level authorities;

4. Recommend any modification or amendment to regulatory mechanisms, policies and procedures for debt management and entries included in Forms attached to this Procedure in order for Tax Departments to seek approval from the General Department with a view to promptly respond to situations arising from the process of debt management carried out at Tax Sub-departments.

5. Give Tax Departments recommendations about IT apps used for scientific, easy and effective management activities of tax authorities, submit these recommendations to the General Department of Taxation for its consideration; get involved in developing and running these apps./.

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